Native support for modern AirDrop

[_sudo11]

Going to finder and clicking AirDrop on the sidebar unfortunately shows nothing. Is there any possibility of back porting the Yosemite version of AirDrop to work on Mavericks?

 

[Bigwaff]

Does your hardware support Airdrop?

 

[_sudo11]

Does your hardware support Airdrop?

Yes, when i used to run sonoma through OCLP i was able to use airdrop with modern devices. I use a 2013 13 inch Macbook Pro.

 

[Wowfunhappy]

Going to finder and clicking AirDrop on the sidebar unfortunately shows nothing. Is there any possibility of back porting the Yosemite version of AirDrop to work on Mavericks?

It's something I would like to do, now that LLMs have expanded the range of what is feasible. We need to:

1. Get Open Wireless Link (OWL) working on Mavericks.
2. Get OpenDrop working on Mavericks. (Mostly to ensure that #1 works properly.)
3. Create a SIMBL plugin that essentially re-implements OpenDrop and wires it into Finder.

Claude Opus 4.8 seemingly completed #1 (OWL appeared to be receiving packets from my iPhone 13 Mini, only when it had Airdrop enabled), but was stuck on #2 (OpenDrop could not find my iPhone as a client, nor the reverse). I tried to upgrade to Fable instead, but for whatever reason Fable's safety classifier decided this project was dangerous and blocked me. I need to try again with Opus 5.

 

[Wowfunhappy]

Unfortunately Opus 5 is also stuck on this. The Mac can see the iPhone, they exchange packets--but for some reason or other, the iPhone never considers the Mac a valid target.

So anyway the blocker is that someone needs to get OpenDrop working on Mavericks.

 

[_sudo11]

Unfortunately Opus 5 is also stuck on this. The Mac can see the iPhone, they exchange packets--but for some reason or other, the iPhone never considers the Mac a valid target.

So anyway the blocker is that someone needs to get OpenDrop working on Mavericks.

maybe apple actively blocks open drop?